tapedeck Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Chobot looks like a pre-schooler. Belmont looks sophisticated and sultry. Chobot gives it out whilst Belmont makes you work for it. Matter of taste I guess :p
S.C.G Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 While nice, pics of women taken with gaming hardware like this in order to increase sales always comes across as slightly dumb to me. ^^^ Look!!! I has PSP ... where is "On" button?
Guest Jordan Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 LOL! I really want them to announce firmware 2.50 after this one hits and bring back software BC to the consoles that don't have it. I want to play MGS 3 Subsistence that I go uber cheap compared to ebay prices. Ain't gunna happen... I mean, its 'possible' but unlikely. The 40GB PS3 unlike the hardware and software backwards compatable PS3's lacks both the CPU and GPU of the PS2.
flameboy Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Ain't gunna happen... I mean, its 'possible' but unlikely. The 40GB PS3 unlike the hardware and software backwards compatable PS3's lacks both the CPU and GPU of the PS2. Yeah but they did recently advertise for a position working of PS3 emulation software... So you never know. Think about it there has to be a software solution whether it is a viable and workable version is another thing. I just wish Konami hadn't been so stupid and had released MGS Essential Collection on 1 bluray rather than on original discs.
Guest Jordan Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 I just wish Konami hadn't been so stupid and had released MGS Essential Collection on 1 bluray rather than on original discs. I totally agree
flameboy Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 I totally agree I bought MGS3 Subsistence as I know it goes for a lot on ebay. But after I complete MGS4 I really wanna play it! I can't buy a PS2 no room for one!
S.C.G Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 I just wish Konami hadn't been so stupid and had released MGS Essential Collection on 1 bluray rather than on original discs. It was made as a PS2 collection though, what would be better is they should get that BC sorted for Europe then they could release it in Europe too, personally though I like having the MGS saga on their original discs with new artwork, I had to buy a proper copy of subsistence as you only get disc 1 with the essential collection but apart from that you get everything that was in the original subsistence / substance versions for less than £20 which is awesome.
flameboy Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Yeah I've bought subsistence as the original game as I wanted to own all the canon MGS games so needed it for MG and MG2; Solid Snake. I think I may have to try find a slim ps2 on the cheap from somewhere...I can't see it happening any time soon sorting out BC
S.C.G Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 It's just really dumb though how they implemented the complete emotion engine into 60GB NTSC PS3's, then none for Europe, then they make it for certain models but it's still not classed as "full" BC? Why not just put the emotion engine into every PS3? they are allready making a huge loss that they don't seem hugely concerned about so whats a few extra mill or w/e on top of that if it makes your consumers happy?
flameboy Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 It's just really dumb though how they implemented the complete emotion engine into 60GB NTSC PS3's, then none for Europe, then they make it for certain models but it's still not classed as "full" BC? Why not just put the emotion engine into every PS3? they are allready making a huge loss that they don't seem hugely concerned about so whats a few extra mill or w/e on top of that if it makes your consumers happy? I think it was to help push the price down to a sustainable amount of loss. We have to assume they could not afford to sell at the launch price and make the loss on it they would have and then we have to assume they could not afford to include anything when they made the next price drop (which is when I bought mine)
S.C.G Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 I think it was to help push the price down to a sustainable amount of loss. We have to assume they could not afford to sell at the launch price and make the loss on it they would have and then we have to assume they could not afford to include anything when they made the next price drop (which is when I bought mine) Yeah but the loss is allready huge so it would really be a drop in the ever expansive ocean.
flameboy Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Yeah but the loss is allready huge so it would really be a drop in the ever expansive ocean. I know but they will probably still have a certain amount of loss/debt on the playstation hardware section of the business that they want to have/can sustain.
Heaven Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 PS3 is region free right? Can I order the console and games from the U.S?
Guest Jordan Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Well. Yes and no. Yes, PS3 games are region free IF you have a HDTV. No, Blu Ray movies are not free, DVD's aren't, PS1 and PS2 games aren't either.
Daft Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Yeah but the loss is allready huge so it would really be a drop in the ever expansive ocean. Great strategy. Hemorrhaging bucket loads of money Sony aren't going to spend money on a feature most people aren't going to see as a deciding factor when getting a PS3. No, Blu Ray movies are not free, DVD's aren't, PS1 and PS2 games aren't either. Quite a few Blu-Ray movies are region free.
Dante Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 During the presentation, the "Life" was demoed for the audience for the first time — the service shows the Earth, and users can access current news and weather for locations around the world. It's possible to even pull up the full article from the headline. Users can also set background music while looking at the Earth, checking the weather and the world news. Screens Maxconsole: Sony gets even friendlier, now you can have 100 friends on your PS3. Now it is possible to have 100 in total instead of the previous possible total of 50!
Daft Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Update on 2.4 update: Update: Since our original story went live, we've received further information regarding the inclusion of trophies in the 2.4 update. As expected full 2D trophy support will be in the XMB update and there will be four types: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Platinum is only awarded when you have collected all other trophies in a game. Also there are no gamer points, it's all done via a levelling up system. Think Call of Duty 4 levelling up system, we reckon. Update Out
S.C.G Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Great strategy. Hemorrhaging bucket loads of money Sony aren't going to spend money on a feature most people aren't going to see as a deciding factor when getting a PS3. But still, it's just stupid how they included it at the start with most USA PS3's and then ditched it for the European models, it's obviously something people want too otherwise it wouldn't be an issue, they just seem to be overspending in the wrong areas. So far I've only bought three PS3 games, but I've purchased about 12 PS2 games, I think I've even ended up playing more PS2 games on it than anything else, even with the few decent titles the machine has there is still a lack and when that happens people will just play other things on it... i.e PS2 games. Anyways it looks like they aren't gonna fix the situation any time soon so it doesn't matter, it just strikes me as an odd choice. :/
Daft Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 So far I've only bought three PS3 games, but I've purchased about 12 PS2 games, I think I've even ended up playing more PS2 games on it than anything else, even with the few decent titles the machine has there is still a lack and when that happens people will just play other things on it... i.e PS2 games. Thats the point. They want you to buy PS3 games, not PS2.
S.C.G Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Thats the point. They want you to buy PS3 games, not PS2. Yes, it makes good business sense but I just think it's nice to have full BC there for the times when there aren't enough really decent games to play on the machine, thats all, it's good too cos it also means if theres a latest game in a long running series people can go back and check out / revisit the older ones and get more hyped for the newer PS3 versions, so it would be benificial to them to put full BC in all consoles for that reason alone surely?
Daft Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Well I really think Sony need to get their act together and release PS1 and PS2 games on the PSN, just like Xbox Originals. I know I'd definitely re-buy MGS2 and 3. I think they will add BC in an update but I'd rather have them on my hard drive tbh.
S.C.G Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Well I really think Sony need to get their act together and release PS1 and PS2 games on the PSN, just like Xbox Originals. I know I'd definitely re-buy MGS2 and 3. I think they will add BC in an update but I'd rather have them on my hard drive tbh. Yeah that'd be cool, they could bring some of the rarer titles to PSN too, those would be downloaded a lot I reckon, especially if the pricing is in line with the current PS1 games they have there, something like £3.50 per game? so maybe £5.50 per PS2 game download, that'd be good. Only problem then is filling up the HDD as you could easily do that with like about 40 - 50 games ? even less if you allready have pre installed stuff on there, I know you can put bigger HDD's in them but the average consumer just won't bother with that. :/ Still it's not all bad, at least we have the in-game XMB coming up finally so things are on the up gradually.
Daft Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Well I have a 320Gb HD. Once you buy a game you can download as many times as you want so you can always delete them and download them again when you want to play them. The saves would be separate anyway so it would be easy to delete.
Caris Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Well I have a 320Gb HD. Once you buy a game you can download as many times as you want so you can always delete them and download them again when you want to play them. The saves would be separate anyway so it would be easy to delete. Actually you can't. Only 5 times which is a bit naughty so be careful.
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